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The Japa/Migration Conversation

The migration conversation, popularly called Japa in Nigeria has for quite some time in Nigeria moved far beyond jokes and hashtags, it has become a lived reali...

The Ink Well Fiction Prompt #196

Source: Pixabay Welcome to the Weekly Fiction Prompt Hello community members! Thank you for joining our weekly writing prompt! If you're new, be sure to check o...

Re-writes, Heaven or Hell?

Re-writes and edits are an essential part of putting together a new story, but we authors don’t all do things the same when it comes to this part of the process...

Three Tune Tuesday #179 | My long absence | A brief explanation and repairing it's consequences on Hive

Canva was used for the design and the image is my own. You can see it here Greetings fellow musical Hivers 🤘 Hello dear readers (note to self - I wonder if I s...

The Ink Well Fiction Prompt #192

Source: Pixabay Welcome to the Weekly Fiction Prompt Hello community members! Thank you for joining our weekly writing prompt! If you're new, be sure to check o...

How Small Actions Lead to Big Results!

[](https://3speak.tv/watch?v=acgalarza/cktbqqkd) ▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- In today's Dynamic Duo Podcast, Anja and I delve into the importance of focusing on "the...

One Summer, Remembered

That's Me, on the Right. Spain, 1967 I remember the person in that picture. She was so very different from the person I am today, and yet everything I am grew f...

All that glitters...

"This is all your fault!" The acerbic words cut through the stillness and sterility of the room. Michael stared helplessly as venomous spittle left David's cont...

The Ink Well Fiction Prompt #186 - Domino Effect

“You know what I want to understand? How the hell do you leave a job without having another job in line?” https://img.inleo.io/DQmP5ZgAnGxmzmumqz2pndKPkRCLVGSCX...

Welcome to New COM

Back by popular demand!!! Well, it was just two people, but their enthusiasm felt like 5 people. They say laughter is the best medicine. If only those people wh...

September 2024 Updates and Monthly Contest from The Ink Well

Image source: Pixabay Hello Beautiful Community! Thanks for checking out our monthly newsletter, where we share news and updates, provide all kinds of helpful t...

Quarter Reads Achim & The Bear

[](https://3speak.tv/watch?v=stuartcturnbull/uttcngew) ▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- Quarter Reads is a series of short stories written by me, stuartcturnbull. This on...

A Murmuring of Starlings

"Oy, stop touching me! Get over to your side!" James yelled, gesturing fiercely to the imaginary line dividing the backseat of his Mom's ten-year-old SUV. Thoma...

After the Flood

When she returns, he is in the shower. She can see his wet silhouette, distorted and lanky, through the orange glass of the seventies beach bungalow he rents. I...

Welcome Home

Time flies. I can't believe that I said "see you soon" almost three months ago, and the time has flown by. So much has happened in those three months, and I've ...

My Granddaughter Takes Flight

My Granddaughter Climbing Down the Rocks on the Isle of Man My daughter and granddaughter were traveling together in the UK last week. They were on a very speci...

Brushstrokes

You ask me about Hana. I don't like to remember those times, but I know it does us good to talk. Our lives are a tangle of who came before, of the time we spent...

A Moment of Reflection: Navigating the Path to Our Goals

Here I am on this beautiful day sitting and looking out the sky, I can't help but think about the goals I set for myself at the start of the year. Yes, it's qui...

Getting Back Into the Swing of Things

I’ve been away! Actually, I’m on Hive every single day as an admin of The Ink Well. But it has been quite some time since I blogged regularly. To make a long st...

We have New Frames in Dreemport!!

Yes!! We have exciting news! It has been a while but some of you Dreemers have new frames assigned to your profile. Over the past two months, we collaborated wi...